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Italian musician
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Male
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Birth:
8 May 1957(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Death:
24 June 1993(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Massimo Urbani (8 May 1957 – 23 June 1993) was an Italian jazz alto saxophonist. He played principally in the bebop style.
Life and career
Urbani was born in Primavalle, Rome on 8 May 1957, the oldest of five brothers. His first instrument, from 1968, was the clarinet, but he soon switched to the alto saxophone.
Urbani died of a heroin overdose on 23 June 1993. The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Urbani's senseless death robbed Europe of a player whose records are a flawed testament to a bopper of enormous guts and facility."
Discography
Albums
- 1974 - Jazz a confronto 13 (Horo, 101 13)
- 1977 - Invitation (Philology, W 58.2)
- 1979 - 360° Aeutopia (Red Records, 146.2)
- 1980 - Dedications to A.A.&J.C.-Max's mood (Red Records, 160.2)
- 1981 - Go Max Go (Philology, W 187.2)
- 1983 - Max Leaps Inn di Massimo Urbani Jazz Quartet (with Tullio De Piscopo, Mike Melillo, Massimo Moriconi).
- 1984 - The urbisaglia concert (Philology, W 70.2)
- 1987 - Easy to love (Red Records, 208)
- 1987 - Duets improvisations for Yardbird (with Mike Melillo) (Philology, W 4.2)
- 1988 - Urlo (Elicona, 3343-2)
- 1990 - Out of nowhere (Splasch, H 336)
- 1991 - Round About Max with Strings (with Gianni Lenoci (piano), Pasquale Gadaleat (bass), Antonio Di Lorenzo (drums), string quartet) (Sentemo)
- 1993 - The blessing (Red Records, 257.2)